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Wednesday, February 5, 2014Area:
New York, NYOne person was killed and two injured after a head-on crash caused by a wrong-way driver on northbound Route 7 in Brookfield late Thursday, state police said.
The wrong-way driver, later identified as Alejandro Miranda 44, was killed and two passengers in a Jeep were injured and taken to Danbury Hospital for treatment. Both vehicles were destroyed. The crash was reported at 11:46 p.m. Thursday.
Those injured were identfied as Michael Finn, 39, of Brookfield, and Meghan Harrison, 29, of New Milford.
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Monday, February 3, 2014Area:
New Orleans, LAA motorist from Jefferson died Monday night from injuries he received in a three-pickup-truck crash on Louisiana 25 near Folsom, authorities said. A driver from Mount Hermon was booked with vehicular homicide, DWI and improper lane usage.
The victim was identified by State Police as Gary White, 66. He died at LSU Interim Public Hospital in New Orleans. The other drivers were not injured, police said.
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014Area:
Tulsa, OKTwo people died in a Mayes County crash Wednesday, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports.
Benjamin M. Morgan, 20, of Peggs, the driver of a car, and passenger Evelyn M. Hays, 43, of Peggs, both died in a head-on collision with a pickup about 6:20 p.m. Wednesday on State Highway 82 about 3.7 miles south of Locust Grove, the patrol reports.
Morgan was driving north on SH 82 when a pickup driven south by Cooper S. Day, 47, of Tahlequah, tried to pass another vehicle that was turning right onto a private drive. Day's pickup struck Morgan's car head-on, the patrol reports.
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014Area:
Bowling Green, KYJeremy Green was driving on Happy Valley Road at night when a car driven by 40-year-old Maria Gonzalez struck him head-on. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Gonzalez was flown to Vanderbilt for treatment of injuries.
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Monday, January 27, 2014A wrong-way crash on Interstate 81 in Cumberland County left one woman dead on Tuesday night.
State police say a tractor-trailer crashed head-on into a vehicle headed north in the southbound lanes in Silver Spring Township. The collision happened after the truck sideswiped another vehicle trying to avoid the oncoming car.
The crash happened shortly before 9 p.m. on I-81 near mile marker 57 outside of Mechanicsburg.
The driver of the wrong-way vehicle, Aaron King, of Carlisle, was killed
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Monday, January 27, 2014Area:
Indianapolis, INThree people were taken to local hospitals Tuesday afternoon after two cars collided head-on.
It happened around 2:30 p.m. at East Raymond Street and South Meridian Street, which is on the city’s south side.
Indianapolis fire officials say a red pickup truck was driving west on East Raymond Street but was driving in the east lanes when it hit a Chevy Suburban.
The passenger was initially trapped inside the Suburban. That person, and both drivers were taken to the hospital. Details on their injuries were not immediately released.
IMPD was investigating the crash on Tuesday.
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Sunday, January 26, 2014Area:
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TXPolice said one person has died in a head-on crash following a wrong-way driver's trip down U.S. 75.
Richardson police were following a wrong-way driver in a silver Nissan Murano who was headed southbound in the northbound lanes of U.S. 75/Central Expressway around 4 a.m. Monday.
Police say the Murano driver clipped a vehicle traveling northbound in the 9000 block of North Central Expressway and kept going. No one was injured.
A short time later, just north of Hall Street in Dallas, the driver of the Murano crashed head-on into a tan Toyota Camry.
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Saturday, January 25, 2014Area:
Denver, COA Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputy died in a crash Sunday on Highway 93 when a Sports Utility Vehicle tried to pass another vehicle in a no passing zone.
The accident happened near W. 64th Pkwy. at about 11 a.m., said a Sheriff's Department spokesman.
The Saturn SUV struck the deputy, later identified as Sgt. David Baldwin, a motorcycle officer, head-on. The deputy was on duty and riding northbound.
The SUV driver was taken to a hospital. No information was available on the driver's injuries
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Friday, January 24, 2014Area:
Rochester, NY57-year-old Barry Scutt from Batavia is dead following a wrong-way crash in Canandaigua on Saturday.
The accident happened on Route 5 around 3 p.m. when 68-year-old Steven Kloos was driving west on Route 5 when he lost control and blacked out at the wheel due to a medical condition.
Kloos then struck a mailbox and road sign with his car according to the Ontario County Sheriff's Office.
Kloos' vehicle then continued westbound on Route 5 in the eastbound lane and struck 57 year old Barry Scutt head on.
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014Area:
Raleigh-Durham, NCThe head-on collision late Wednesday that killed two drivers is fourth fatal wreck involving drivers heading the wrong way on U.S. Highway 1 between Southern Pines and Sanford in the last six years, according to authorities.
A Toyota SUV driven by Terrell Abbott, 36, of Texas, was southbound in the northbound lanes of U.S. 1 north of Southern Pines at about 10:45 p.m. when it slammed into a Toyota sedan driven by Jasmine Wicker, 20, of Sanford, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said.